My Best Life

Peter Kolakovic
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Join Peter for deep, soul-stirring conversations with spiritual teachers, yogis, healers, conscious creators and everyday people as we explore the path to alignment, joy, and purpose. In every episode, Peter asks his guests one defining question: "What does it truly mean to live your best life?" From inner healing to intentional manifestation, discover diverse perspectives on how to create a life that feels good on the inside, not just one that looks good on the outside.

  1. 31m ago

    #40 - You are going to die: So how should you live?

    You are going to die, and so am I. That fact can sound bleak, but when we stop treating it like background noise, it becomes one of the cleanest lenses we have for meaning, priorities, and attention. I walk through a set of traditions that have faced mortality head-on, not to be dramatic, but to get honest about how we’re spending our days. We start with modern life’s strange arrangement: death is constantly on screens, yet kept far away when it is real. From there, we step into Ancient Egypt and the Egyptian Book of the Dead, using the image of the weighing of the heart as a powerful prompt. If nobody asks about your job title, money, or followers, what do you hope your heart contains, and what do you wish you had taken out? Then we travel to Tibet and the Tibetan Book of the Dead, where the bardo names the in-between states that show up all through life: endings, identity shifts, losses, and uncertain transitions. Buddhist mindfulness of death (maranasati) and the lived experience of impermanence through vipassana meditation point to the same urgency: stop assuming you have unlimited time. Stoicism and Marcus Aurelius add a bracing perspective on fame, status, and why so many worries shrink when you remember you’re finite. I offer two grounded practices, the one-year question and the deathbed test, to turn reflection into action without blowing up your life. If it resonates, subscribe, share this with someone you love, and leave a review so more people can find it. What would you change today if you stopped postponing joy? Love these conversations? Support My Best Life and help keep inspiring stories like this coming.

    #40 - You are going to die: So how should you live?

  2. 3d ago

    #39 - The High Road: Len May on Cannabis, Consciousness, and Intention

    Two people can take the same THC gummy and end up in completely different realities, and that’s not just “tolerance.” Len May joins us to explain how cannabis genetics, human DNA, and pharmacogenomics change the way cannabinoids and terpenes land in your body. Len’s journey starts with an ADD diagnosis, prescription meds that helped him focus but numbed his emotions, and a first cannabis experience that quieted the mental noise and unlocked real flow. That personal puzzle eventually led him from activism and dispensaries into plant genomics, human genomics, and building EndoDNA.  We get practical with cannabis science without losing the plot. Len breaks down the endocannabinoid system and why it matters for homeostasis, then zooms out to the full plant story: THC and CBD are only part of the picture, and terpene profiles can shift effects from calm to stimulation. From there, we go deep on why edibles can be a “perfect storm” for some people, how cytochrome P450 genes impact THC metabolism, and why THC has a narrow therapeutic window where “more” can quickly become anxiety, paranoia, or a rough multi-hour ride.  We also talk mindful cannabis use, set and setting, accountability, and how to think about dependence versus using cannabis as a tool. Finally, we tackle the big question behind personalized medicine: who owns your genetic data, and what should real privacy look like as AI-driven health platforms grow? If you care about safe dosing, cannabis anxiety, terpene effects, or truly personalized wellness, this conversation will change how you think about the plant.  Subscribe for more conversations like this, share this with a friend who has had a bad edible experience, and leave a review with your biggest question about personalized cannabis. https://www.lenmaycoaching.com/ https://www.instagram.com/lenmaydna/ Love these conversations? Support My Best Life and help keep inspiring stories like this coming.

    #39 - The High Road: Len May on Cannabis, Consciousness, and Intention

  3. Oct 5

    #38 - What is your fear trying to tell you? Kelly Keefe on healing, purpose and trusting yourself

    Fear can feel like a stop sign, but what if it’s actually a signal flare from the part of you that still thinks you’re not safe? I sit down with Kelly Keefe, a transformational coach, Reiki master teacher, speaker, and author of Rise Above Fear, to unpack what fear is beneath the story, and why “just push through” often backfires when the nervous system is still bracing for an old wound. We get practical and honest about how the subconscious mind and imagination can create real stress in the body, even when the threat is only hypothetical. Kelly shares her own turning points, from early adversity and major life changes to a surprising doorway into Reiki energy healing. We talk limiting beliefs formed in childhood, how the ego searches for proof that you’re “right” about being not enough, and how body mapping can help you catch fear in real time by noticing tension, tightness, and shutdown patterns. From there, we widen the lens: spiritual traditions that frame fear through impermanence, love, and presence, plus grounded tools for sustainable transformation. Kelly breaks down Reiki in clear language for curious skeptics, explains energetic alignment, and shares what it means to live heart-centered through her work at the Heart Space. We also explore writing as a sacred act of listening, why stories can teach what direct instruction sometimes can’t, and a powerful reframe of purpose as the medicine you bring to the world. If you’ve been circling a change and waiting to feel “ready,” this conversation offers a new way to relate to fear without letting it drive. Subscribe for more conversations like this, share this with a friend who’s stuck at the edge of a leap, and leave a review so more people can find the show. https://thekellykeefe.com/ https://www.instagram.com/thekellykeefe/ Love these conversations? Support My Best Life and help keep inspiring stories like this coming.

    #38 - What is your fear trying to tell you? Kelly Keefe on healing, purpose and trusting yourself

  4. Oct 1

    #37 - When the World Winks: Synchronicity, Signs and the Mystery of Meaning

    A dream says I backed my car into something, and hours later I’m standing outside staring at a shattered rear windshield, trying to decide whether I should laugh, panic, or listen. That jolt of “was that a sign?” is the doorway into a deeper question: how do we take meaningful coincidences seriously without making claims we can’t support? I share another moment that still stops me cold, a squirrel in a park that falls from a tree seconds after I remember a video of the exact same thing. From there, I explore Carl Jung’s concept of synchronicity, the feeling of an inner event and an outer event meeting with startling timing. We talk about why the brain is so good at pattern recognition, how selective memory and confirmation bias can make the “hits” glow brighter than the countless “misses,” and why acknowledging that doesn’t erase the value of the experience. We also get practical. I break down a simple, grounded way to respond when something feels like a symbol or spiritual sign: pause, describe what actually happened, ask what it brings up in you, then give your interpretation time before acting. Along the way, I connect this to mindfulness and meditation, not as a code-cracking tool, but as training in noticing how quickly we turn life into a story and how much opens up when we wait a beat. If you’ve ever wondered about dreams, signs, symbols, synchronicity, or meaningful coincidences, this one is for you. Subscribe, share this with a friend who loves a good mystery, and leave a review. What coincidence still stays with you, and what did it feel like in your body when it happened? Love these conversations? Support My Best Life and help keep inspiring stories like this coming.

    #37 - When the World Winks: Synchronicity, Signs and the Mystery of Meaning

  5. Sep 28

    #36 - Find your North Star: Brigitta Dau on creativity, intuition and living your values

    Your brain can understand what needs to change while your body stays braced, tired, and stuck in familiar loops. That gap between insight and action is where so many good intentions die, so we brought on Brigitta Dau to talk about change as a whole-person process that includes mind, body, energy, and creativity. Brigitta is a certified life coach, Reiki master, author, speaker, and craft teacher, and her path from professional acting to coaching gives her a rare lens on identity shifts, reinvention, and self-trust. We get into the practical heart of her work: values based living. Brigitta explains why “having values” isn’t enough until you turn them into verbs and start acting them daily, even when your job, schedule, or season of life feels limiting. We also explore creativity as medicine and why the fear of making “bad art” keeps adults from the very play that would restore their energy. If you’ve ever said “I’m not creative,” you’ll walk away with simple exercises to reopen that door and use your hands to quiet overthinking. Then we move into energy hygiene, boundaries, and the modern attention crisis. Brigitta breaks down Reiki in clear, approachable terms and shares small daily practices for clearing what isn’t yours, calling your focus back, and noticing when you’re leaking energy through people pleasing, multitasking, or doomscrolling. We also talk social media detox strategies that actually work, plus how to find your North Star by letting values lead your goals rather than chasing someone else’s map. If any part of this hits home, subscribe, share this with a friend who needs a reset, and leave a review so more people can find the conversation. What’s one boundary or value you’re ready to live more boldly this week? https://www.brigittadau.com/ https://www.instagram.com/brigittadaucoaching/ Love these conversations? Support My Best Life and help keep inspiring stories like this coming.

    #36 - Find your North Star: Brigitta Dau on creativity, intuition and living your values

  6. Sep 24

    #35 – [Solo] - Who am I? Ramana Maharshi, Alan Watts and the mystery of the Self

    “Who am I?” sounds like the kind of question you can solve with a better explanation of yourself, but that’s the trap. Your job, your story, your beliefs, your personality, even your spiritual identity can all be true and still miss what the question is pointing to. We explore why the mind’s best answers often become fresh concepts that keep you stuck at the level of thought. We draw from the contemplative tradition of self-inquiry, including Ramana Maharshi’s Atma Vichara and the neti neti approach of “not this, not this.” Instead of collecting new beliefs like “I am awareness,” we slow down and investigate what’s happening in direct experience: sensations in the body, thoughts as they appear and vanish, emotions that rise and fade. If you can observe all of that, what exactly is the observer? We also bring in Alan Watts’ wave metaphor, the subject-object problem of trying to “find” the one who is looking, and the sneaky upgrade known as the spiritual ego. We talk about meditation, identity defense, and why even powerful mystical or psychedelic states can become just another story the mind tells. The episode closes with a short guided practice you can do wherever you are, pointing you back to the simplest fact of being before labels attach. Subscribe to My Best Life, share this with a friend who loves mindfulness and nonduality, and leave a review if the inquiry lands for you. What do you notice when you stop answering and simply look? Love these conversations? Support My Best Life and help keep inspiring stories like this coming.

    #35 – [Solo] - Who am I? Ramana Maharshi, Alan Watts and the mystery of the Self

  7. Sep 21

    #34 - Joe Hehn - From grief to self-mastery: Finding meaning after losing everything

    One phone call can split your life into a before and an after. For Joe Hayne, it was his wife’s cancer diagnosis and the grief that followed her death. What he does next sounds dramatic on the surface, quitting his job, putting everything in storage, and taking a one-way flight to South America, but the real story is quieter and harder: learning how to stay alive when you don’t want to die, yet you also don’t want to live.  We talk with Joe about the pressure of chasing external validation, the negative bias of the mind, and why so many of us can “do everything right” and still feel empty. Joe shares the spiritual experiences that cracked his worldview open, including uncanny synchronicities, dreams, and messages that pushed him to ask bigger questions about consciousness and meaning. From Nepal to India to China to Europe and the Middle East, he studies Buddhism, Taoism, Stoicism, and Sufism, then distills what they have in common: presence, acceptance, and the ability to respond instead of react.  Joe breaks acceptance into three practical targets: accepting yourself, accepting the circumstance, and accepting others. We dig into impermanence as a daily tool (including his “midnight” reminder), and his definition of self-mastery through a simple mantra: I’m proud of myself, I’m doing the best I can, and I believe in myself. Joe also explains how he teaches these ideas today through mindset coaching, self-care practices, and evidence-informed tools like CBT and NLP, including inside corporate workshops and one-on-one work. If you want a grounded approach to mindfulness, grief recovery, and living with purpose, hit play, then subscribe, share this with someone who needs it, and leave a review to help more people find the show. https://joehehn.com/ https://www.instagram.com/joe.hehn Love these conversations? Support My Best Life and help keep inspiring stories like this coming.

    #34 - Joe Hehn - From grief to self-mastery: Finding meaning after losing everything

  8. Sep 17

    #33 – [Solo] - The attention trap: Reclaiming your mind in a distracted world

    You know the feeling: you grab your phone for one small, legitimate reason and suddenly you’re twenty minutes deep into videos you never meant to watch. That isn’t just a goofy habit. It’s a clue that our attention is being trained, pulled, and monetized, often without our consent. We talk about why modern life feels so interrupted, how the attention economy works (notifications, infinite feeds, autoplay, and the psychology of unpredictable rewards), and why the real question isn’t “How much screen time do I have?” but “Who is deciding where my attention goes?” We also zoom out. Attention isn’t only a productivity skill; it’s how life becomes vivid. If your mind is always elsewhere, days blur together, meals lose their taste, walks lose their color, and even the people you love can start to feel like background noise. We explore the spiritual side of attention too: silence can bring up anxiety, loneliness, grief, or dissatisfaction, and distraction can become a way to avoid what’s true. That’s why reclaiming focus can feel uncomfortable at first, and why it’s so worth it. From meditation to daily habits, we keep it practical. You’ll hear simple experiments you can try today: pausing before you unlock your phone, protecting the beginning and end of your day, single-tasking, restoring small pockets of boredom, turning off nonessential notifications, and choosing something worthy of sustained attention. Try the brief one-minute practice near the end, then see what changes when you “notice and return.” If this helped you, subscribe to My Best Life, share it with a friend who’s tired of endless scrolling, and leave a review so more people can find the show. What is one small change you’ll make to protect your attention this week? Love these conversations? Support My Best Life and help keep inspiring stories like this coming.

    #33 – [Solo] - The attention trap: Reclaiming your mind in a distracted world
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Join Peter for deep, soul-stirring conversations with spiritual teachers, yogis, healers, conscious creators and everyday people as we explore the path to alignment, joy, and purpose. In every episode, Peter asks his guests one defining question: "What does it truly mean to live your best life?" From inner healing to intentional manifestation, discover diverse perspectives on how to create a life that feels good on the inside, not just one that looks good on the outside.

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  • Creator
    Peter Kolakovic
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    40
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 My Best Life
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    My Best Life